DfEE/DATA CAD/CAM in Schools Initiative - A Success Story so Far
Andrew Breckon · Journal of design and technology education/Design and technology education · 2000
This p a per e x plain s the s tr u cture a nd earl y d ev elopment of the g overnment ' s major initiative to develop C AD / CAM in sc h ool s as part of an overal l strategy to update and e nhanc e design a nd technology. It look s at the origin s of the project a nd then set s out the s tructure of the programme and the rationale behind the structure. The p a per then goes on to describe the role of pilot s chool s a nd C AD / C AM hub s and this i s followed b y th e a nalysi s of the effe c ti ve ness of s uch programmes . There i s a bri e f analy s i s of what the project has curr e ntly a chiev e d , with exampl es of work a nd th e chall e nges th a t are emerging and where the work is leading in the future .